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Starting in August, I will be teaching third grade! Quite a jump from preschool, but I am so excited. There’s more opportunity to work with reading and writing! I’ve been scouring Teachers Pay Teachers, and my local teacher supply store for ideas. I also LOVE Blair Turner. She has such great posts and ideas, and […]

As the end of the year came so quickly, I didn’t take many pictures from the end of our insects and plants unit. The kids really enjoyed using vocabulary words like thorax and chrysalis! I was so amazed at how quickly they caught on and used the words in our day-to-day learning and playing. We […]

Partner measuring activity Rachelle Rosenblit has an adorable measurement activity. We have started our unit on plants this week. We started out labeling the parts of a plant, and looking at various seeds. We read “The Tiny Seed” by Eric Carle, and listed all the things a plant needs to grow. This week we will […]

Miss Graffe’s Class: Teaching Arrays I found a few really great blogs about teaching arrays. Now, we don’t really do this in preschool, but it’s a great idea for the future. As for preschoolers, I love the idea of using qtips to fill in 10 frames, which is something I’ll be introducing soon. They will […]

The last two weeks we have talked about art – Famous artists and their work, as well as what tools they use and lots of vocabulary. This Matisse project had students using their fine motor skills to cut out shapes. I had a few patterns cut out for them to use if they wanted to, […]

This week we learned all about snowmen! The kiddo’s liked making the melted snowmen, thought a few were concerned that they didn’t look like the other snowmen we made! For the other ones, I had snowmen cut outs, brown stick arms and scarf pieces and the kiddos chose their hats then put the snowman together. […]

Ever the planner, I’ve found some adorable spring themed activities! Trillium Montessori had some great literacy activities on their page. They are so cute and hands on. I know my preschoolers will love them come spring! Great activities from Trillium Montessori! Advertisements

My board! I found the rules and the helper chart on the internet awhile ago, so I don’t remember who they are by- they are adorable and they were free. I ran out of laminate for the rules, so I’m not thrilled with the curling edges, but I love that they are so simple. I’m […]